What is the allure?

[badwhale]

Maybe its a macho thing. I dunno.

You might be referencing a Padron 3000 natural that I had that "knocked me down" on one of my reviews.

I agree, it wasn't pleasurable at the moment. I guess I just wanted to note it to describe the kick it gave me. It was rather distracting. I've had one since, and the same thing happened down at the end. Otherwise, it was a great smoke.

Maybe its me being tired at the moment, or had too much beer, or being too much of a lightweight.

Will

[Shelby07]

Maybe its a macho thing. I dunno.

If so, that explains it. I'm too damn old to worry about macho!

You might be referencing a Padron 3000 natural that I had that "knocked me down" on one of my reviews.

No, I've seen it several times by several people here and on other boards.

[WOXOF]

It's never happened to me before with a cigar. I have had dip cause me to get a little queezy but never a cigar. I think some people may use the term for the good buzz / chill they get off of a strong cigar. Who knows.

[MasterCylinder]

I've had this happen a couple times, and most of the times it was not a good experiance. I've just recently had it happen and havn't smoked since nor had much of a desire to (but I know that will go away... it always does). There was once when it was a good experiance - in this instance, I wasn't feeling naucious and weak, but light-headed like I had been drinking too much. I loved that cigar, and have since been trying to convince myself to pony-up the £200 for a box...

[DeeDubya]

A Gran Habano Corojo #5 Gran Robusto 6x54 kicked my ass one time.

[EGQ]

I have certainly witnessed the ill effects of a cigar knocking someone on their ass -- especially when coupled with more than a few drinks. When we host and people imbibe, I'm always reluctant to allow a non-smoker to take a cigar. On more than one occassion I've had people people kneeling before one of my procelain thrones for hours as they purge and recover -- the uninitiated always get "the speech," but I always leave the decision to them -- a policy I should rethink as the failure rate seems to be approaching 50%.

[ashauler]

I like strong cigars. I have gotten the nic sickness once, but I learned from the experience and have not had a repeat of that event. I found no pleasure in the sweats and vomiting.